US 12,216,230 B2
Sensor system
Hiroshi Inoue, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/296,800
Filed by KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 22, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/045786
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/110936, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-220991 (JP), filed on Nov. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0026533 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01)
CPC G01S 7/4811 (2013.01) [G01S 17/931 (2020.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor system adapted to be installed in a vehicle, comprising:
a sensor unit adapted to be disposed outside a lamp housing of the vehicle to detect information in an outside area of the vehicle;
an actuator configured to be able to change a position of the sensor unit with respect to the lamp housing; and
a processor configured to control an operation of the actuator.